After weeks of rumours and an appearance at the LIV Golf pro-am Thursday at Trump Bedminster, a big US sports celebrity has decided not to join the Saudi-backed circuit’s broadcast team.
The expected became official on Wednesday as LIV Golf officials confirmed former President Donald Trump will be playing in Thursday’s pro-am ahead of the LIV Invitational event at his Bedminster, New Jersey, course.
As LIV Golf rolls into New Jersey this week for its third event, executives are beginning to shed light on two main questions surrounding the upstart circuit
LIV Golf named Australia as one of the countries in its plans for a $US405 million expansion next year, in an announcement on Wednesday that revealed an increase to 14 tournaments in 2023. The series – which is headed up by Greg Norman and funded by the Saudi Arabian government’s Public Investment Fund – revealed Read more…
Keeping an unusually low media profile during the opening events of his divisive LIV Golf Invitational Series, Greg Norman is finally ready to do the talking. In a wide-ranging interview with Australian Golf Digest, The Shark explains how golf found itself in conflict, what it all means for countries like Australia, and why his second attempt at globalising the pro circuit will end differently to the first.
A former PGA Tour player and three-time winner on the PGA Tour Champions, McCord used his wry humour and irreverence to carve out a successful broadcasting career with CBS Sports over four decades starting in 1986.
LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan told The Times of London that she would “take the call” if LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman ever wanted to talk to her about the LPGA.
Henrik Stenson confirmed in a statement that he is defecting to LIV Golf following Wednesday’s announcement that he had been stripped of his European Ryder Cup captaincy, while claiming he made efforts to keep the honorary role.
Australian Golf Digest
